Veronica Hinman will take the reins at the laboratory near St. Augustine on Florida’s northeast coast on January 1, 2025.
A Carnegie Mellon professor and administrator with extensive research and leadership experience in the biological sciences will serve as the next head of the University of Florida’s Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience.
Veronica Hinman, the Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences in the departments of Biological Sciences and Computational Biology and head of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon, will take the reins at the laboratory near St. Augustine on Florida’s northeast coast on January 1, 2025.
“Dr. Hinman is both a highly accomplished scientist and an experienced and respected academic leader, a combination of strengths that perfectly positions her to guide the Whitney Lab to greater prominence as one of the nation’s top marine science laboratories,” said UF Provost Scott Angle.
Hinman said Whitney’s growing reputation for scientific excellence, oceanside location, connection to the St. Augustine community and strong support from UF leadership create an “extraordinary opportunity” for the lab.
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